464 RACCOON. 
probable that Linnaeus carelessly applied the tri- 
vial name luscus to the animal on no other consi- 
deration than the above accidental circumstance. 
A specimen mentioned by Mr. Pennant, mea- 
sured from nose to tail about twent^^-eight inches, 
and the tail about seven inches; but the hair 
reached six inches beyond the tail itself. 
RACCOON. 
Ursus Lotor. U. cauda a?midata, fascia per oculos transversali 
nigra. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 103. 
B. with annulated tail, and black transverse band across the 
eyes. 
Ursus Cauda annulatim variegata. Briss. Quadr. p. 189. 
Mapach. Fcrnand. anim. 1. p. i. Nieremh. hist. nat. p, 17^. 
Le Raton. Buff. S. p. 33^. pi. 43. 
Raccoon. Pennant Quadr. l.p. 12. 
The Raccoon is a native of the New World, and 
is principally an inhabitant of the northern parts 
of that continent. It is also found in some of 
the West-Indian islands. Its colour is grey; the 
face white; the eyes each imbedded in a large 
patch of black, Avhich forms a kind of band across 
the forehead, and is crossed by a dusky stripe 
running down the nose. The visage is shaped 
like that of a Fox, the forehead being broad and 
the snout sharp ; the eyes are large and greenish : 
the ears short and slightly rounded ; and the upper 
jaw is longer than the lower: the tail, which is 
covered with bushy hair, tapers to the end, and 
